interpreting voice - a process book
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Graduate Studio 1 - Carnegie Mellon School of Design.TRANSCRIPT
Interpreting Voice I chose a poem. Assignment Part 1
The assignment was to pick a quote and read it. Really read it to understand what it was trying to say. And then represent it in three parts over two different mediums — paper and screen.
He wishes for the cloths of heaven
Had I the heavens embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark cloths,Of night, and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet,But I being poor, have only my dreams,I have spread my dreams under your feet,Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.
W. B. Yeats
Enhance the meaning of the words in the quote.
ConstraintsUse a 7˝ squareText in 10pt Frutiger, one point onlyHorizontal type, only black
data visualization
unconditional love
sketching
process
sketching
selecting one piece ref inement
ref inement
f inal design
heirarchy
information and interaction
dreamlike
position
navigation
f lowing threads
chunking
designing systems
weaving cloth
letterspacing
macro/micro views
sadnesstexture
wordspacing
convention and invention
self lessnessloom
linespacing
static and kinetic
contrast
form and aestheticsemotion and engagementvoice — personal and institutionalcontent + form + communication
ever since high school this poem has meant a lot to me. its laden with sadness and the discontentment of unfinished love
the poem is filled with emotion and rich visual language.
it also makes me think of a beautiful piece of cloth being woven with blue and dim and dark threads. he is talking about a cloth which in reality is a metaphor for his dreams and desires for her.
through the exercise I am trying to capture parts of these interpretations while remaining within the constraints of the assignment.
The blue
Of night
I would spread the cloths under your feet...But I, being poor
I have spread my dreams under your feet:
Tread softly
because you tread on my dreams
and the dim and the dark cloths
and lightand the half-light
Had I the heaven’s
Enwrought with
have only my dreams:
embroidered cloths
He Wishes For The Cloths Of HeavenW. B. Yeats
golden and silver light
Had I the heaven’s embroidered cloths
Had I the heaven’s embroidered cloths
Enwrought with golden and silver light
Enwrought with golden and silver light
The blue
The blue
Of night
Of night
I would spread the cloths under your feet
I would spread the cloths under your feet
But I, being poor, have only my dreams
But I, being poor, have only my dreams
I have spread my dreams under your feet
I have spread my dreams under your feet
Tread softly
Tread softly
because you tread on my dreams
because you tread on my dreams
and the dim
and the dim
and the dark cloths
and the dark cloths
and light
and light
and the half-light
and the half-light
He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven
He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven
W. B. Yeats
W. B. Yeats
since we had just finished class sessions where we were representing words using only one shape—a square, I had it fresh in my mind and began with some simple gestures on paper.
I then tried to visualize by using the actual words of the poem, first written in by hand and eventually in InDesign.
my approach was to read the poem again and again trying to grasp how it is being read—where the pauses are, where the expressions lie. this was then tranferred into linespaces, positioning choices, and linebreaks.
the refinement included incorporating feedback from Dan and my classmates during a classroom crit.
A process bookby Kinnari Thakker
Graduate Studio IFall 2010Instructor: Dan BoyarskiSchool of DesignCarnegie Mellon